Type-writer.



No. 698,487. Patented Apr. 29, 1902.-

A. 8. FREE.

TYPE WRITER.

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No. 698,487. Paitented Apr. 29, I902.

A. R. FREE.

TYPE WRITER. (Apglicatiqn filed Dec. 6, 1899.|

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(No Model.)

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ARDEN US R. FREE, OF PEE KSKILL, NEW YORK.

TYPE-WRITER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 698,487, dated April29, 1902. Application filed December 6, 1899. Serial No. 739,426. (Nomodeld T aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that L'ABDENUS R. FREE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and aresident of Peekskill, in the county of Westchesterand State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-Writers,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to type-writers, and has for its object the savingof time occupied in placingthe paper to be written upon in position inthe machine. The object is attained by the means set forth in thisspecification and the accompanying drawings, which form a part thereof.

My first reference will be to the drawings, in which like charactersrefer to similar parts throughout the several views.

FigureI represents the upper portion of a type -writer having myinvention attached thereto. Fig. II is a plan of Fig. I upon a largerscale than said figure and includes the type-supporting disk, showingthe position of my attachment in its relation to the part of thetype-writer shown. Fig. III is a back view of my attachment. Fig. IV isa sectional view through line as, Fig. II, showing how my attachment isconnected with the pivo t-al bar of the platen. Figs. V and VI and VIIaredetails relatingto Fig. III. Fig. VIII illustrates the application ofa tension to the paper-roller used in my attachment. Fig. IX is asection of a roll of copying-paper. Fig. X represents a ball-bearingapplied to a traveling wheel in my attachment.

This invention consists of an attachment for type-writers for carrying aroll or web of paper, so that as a sheet is printed upon it may be tornoif, leaving the machine already threaded with another sheet. My objectis to prepare paper in long strips, perforated or otherwise fixed toreadily separate in sheets, the sheets printed as letter, bill, orstatement heads and then wound into rolls. To make these sheetsavailable, I make an attachment for supporting the paper in the roll andconnect the roll-carriage with the platen-carrying framelin such amanner that the roll of paper will have the same lateral movement as theplaten. This device may be applied to any make or style of type-writer;but for convenience I have shown it as applied to the type-writer knownas the Caliw graph. Fig. I of my drawings shows enough of the top of themachine to make my invention clear. 1 1 represent an end of the framethat supports the type-disk 2 and the platen 13. Posts 3 on each end ofthe machine, Figs. I and II, support a rod is, on which blocks l -(seeFigs. I and V) freely move, and to these blocks the escapemen t-bars m'n are attached and also the rod f. The platen-frame is pivoted 011 therod f on its side and travels on the roller 2' and track j in front, asshown in Fig. I. The horizontal movement of the platen-frame is upon therod 76 and its upward movement is on the rod f.

To support the roll of printing-paper, a frame is provided, consistingof strip-steel b bent into shape, as shown in Figs. I and II. The freeends of this frame I) are, as shown, provided with hubs b b which areslipped on the rod f between the bar g and a collar that lies next thelever 3 just inside'the bar g. The outer end of the frame I) is providedwith a roller 0, that travels on a track 01. The track cl is supportedby brackets e, that are affixed to the end frames 1 of the type-writer.Notches or journal-bearings 5 are provided in the sides of the frame I)to receive the journals 6 of the shaft 7, on which the roll of paper ais placed.

The apron h (shown in Fig. I) for holding the paper in position againstthe platen is omitted from Fig. II for the purpose of more clearlyshowing the connection of the papercarriage to the platen-frame. It willbe apparent that the roll-carrier will in no wise interfere with theplaten. I In Fig. I it is also clear that the paper-roll carrier isfreefrom interference with the moving parts connected with the platen, asall the parts of this attachment are adapted to stand clear of the lever1", which movesthe platen-frame.

As the roll of paper and its supporting frame follows thehorizontalmovements of the platen some additional strain is put upon theplaten propelling mechanism; but this strain is reduced to a" minimum byplacing the roll of paper nearer the traveler 0 than it is to thecarriage and by mounting the traveler on ball-bearings, as shown in Fig.X.

The traveler is grooved and rides on the rail d.

in the frame I) b the paper is drawn around the platen and may be tornoff in lengths to suit if the paper is not perforated; otherwise eachsheet would be drawn through to the next perforation and there torn ofi,so that there would always be a sheet ready in the machine.

In Fig. I the axle upon which the paperroll is placed is shown as simplyresting in deep slots in the supporting-frame b b. When a roll is full,its weight would retain it in its place; but as the roll grew lighterfrom use of the paper some means would be required to keep the roll inits place, and at times some tension may be needed to preventa too easyunrolling of the paper. Such means are shown in Fig. VIII, in which thejournal 5 is not so deeply seated, its upper surface lying a littleabove the top edge of the frame I). A spring 15 is fastened to the frameand reaches over the journal, as at 17, and the spring being given astrong initial pressure the pressure is regulated by means of thethumb-screw 16.

The paper employed with this device, as has been explained, would beprovided in rolls, and these rolls would be adapted to being placed onthe spindle or shaft 7, having a hole through the center just a propersize to receive the shaft. Naturally in the preparation of the shaftsand rolls a standard of sizes would be adopted, so that any of theprepared rolls would fit any of the attachments.

To facilitate the tearing off of sheets or for tearing sheets off ofrolls that are not perforated, a device is shown in Fig. II. The spring20, Fig. II, on the type-Writer shown is used as a guide to direct thepaper over the platen as it comes through the machine. The hubs 21 21support a scale onthe face of the platen. By attaching projections 2222, Fig. II, to the said hubs 21 21 they and the central spring 20 maybe made to support a 23 during the act of tearing, imperforated papermay be readily separated from the roll.

The strip 23 is at a point high enough not to interfere withintelligible reading of what has been pointed.

This device maybe made so as to be quickly added to or taken from anytype-writer. In the one shown, for instance, Fig. IV shows the bar 5 tobe rigidly fast to the rail f. Figs. V, VI, and VII show how the bar bmay be attached to the rail f so as to be readily removable. The hole toreceive the rail f is elongated, (see Fig. V,) and the bar is partiallycut away on the underside, as at 10, making a hook 11, that may beplaced over the rail without separating any of the platen-frames parts.In order to secure the bar in the position shown in Fig. V, a plate 12,Fig. VI, with a lengthened hole 13 for a screw 14,is provided. When theplate 12 is pushed against the rail, as in Fig. VI, and fastened by thescrew 14, this connection is complete. Fig. VII is a View of the underside of this connection. As the brackets are fastened with screws, (orthey maybe secured by means of some one of the many means of clam ping,)they maybe easily detached.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

The combination with the frame and platen of a type-writer of brackets 6attached to the frame of the machine and supporting atrack d, apaper-roll carrier 5 with arms removably hooked upon the platen-carryingrod f embracing the platen-frame between them as described, the outercentral end of said frame having a roller 0 that rides upon the track d,the paper-roll, supported upon the carrier 17 by journals 5 as shown,and a spring 15 resting upon one of said journals and having a stronginitial pressure regulable by means of a screw 16, substantially asherein set forth.

Signed at Peekskill, in the county of Westchester and State of New York,this 21st day of November, A. D. 1899.

ARDENUS R. FREE.

\Vitnesses:

DAVID S. MURDEN, EDWARD T. Losnn.

